List of Spanish missions
The Spanish established various missions throughout the New World, the Spanish missions in the Americas, as they colonized it, often slightly varying in nature due to regional differences. The missions served as a base for both administering colonies as well as spreading Christianity.
See also
- Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery
- Mission (Christianity)
- Spanish colonization of the Americas
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